re: Not standing for the national anthem

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Protest that I don't like is exactly why the 1st amendment exists

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No the 1st exists to protect protests the government doesnt like not what you dont like as you have no real power.

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I don't recite the pledge of allegiance, because I swore an oath to what matters, the Constitution, not a flag.

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So you’re ignoring a section of the U.S. Code duly adopted under the Constitution because you “don’t feel like it”. Nice.

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millions have died to give us that right

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Not one person decided to serve the country and put themselves in harms way so that some sleazeball could hate on the United States. Not one.

This just shows how lost people are, and it's very disrespectful to the sacrifice they've made.

Eh, some people have no sense of humor.

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I don't recite the pledge of allegiance, because I swore an oath to what matters, the Constitution, not a flag. The pledge was written by a socialist, Bellamy.

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This post made me go back and look at the history of the Pledge of Allegiance. It was written first written in 1885 by an Army Captain who had served in the Union Army during the Civil War. In 1892, it was revised to it's current iteration by a Baptist Minister (Francis Bellamy), and was adopted by congress 50 years later, when we were engaged in a World War against the Axis powers.

Yes, Bellamy was a "Christian Socialist" who also believed that the pledge should be recited while performing the Bellamy Salute (see picture below of children reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in 1941).



The revisions since initial inception were:

1885 - 1892 - “We give our heads and hearts to God and our country; one country; one language; one flag!” ~ This is the original version written by Captain George T. Balch. Besides being a Civil War veteran, he was also a teacher of Patriotism in New York City Schools.

1892 - Bellamy's version, printed in the September 8th edition of The Youth's Companion magazine - "I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

1892 - 1923 - "I pledge allegiance to my Flag and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

1923-1924 - "I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." ~ In 1923, the National Flag Conference called for the words "my Flag" to be changed to "the Flag of the United States," so that new immigrants would not confuse loyalties between their birth countries and the US. The words "of America" were added a year later.

1924-1954 - "I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." ~ Congress officially recognized the Pledge for the first time, in this form, on June 22, 1942.

1954-Present - "I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." ~ February 7,1954 the push the add “under God” to the pledge was successful. George MacPherson Docherty, a Presbyterian minister, gave a sermon based on the Gettysburg Address, entitled “A New Birth of Freedom". Enthusiastic about a conversation with Docherty after the sermon, Eisenhower followed Docherty’s suggestion and on February 8, 1954, Rep. Charles Oakman (R-Mich), introduced a bill to Congress that passed and Eisenhower signed into law on Flag Day, June 14, 1954.

The Pledge has always seemed a little odd and in some ways contrary to the freedoms and liberty enshrined in the Constitution, although I understand some believe allegiance to the flag and republic implies devotion to the Constitution.
I just remember,back in school, that it seemed so rote or regimented as the class stood and recited the memorized lines.

People can't separate a government that stands for corruption, waste, fraud, and abuse at all levels and the principles of freedom and liberty and personal responsibility that are supposed to be foundational and guide our society. Mostly because society has forgotten those principles, whether that was intentional or not.

Kid should have stood to begin with but he should have popped that old man back. Old frick needed to be dog walked for putting his hands on someone

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grabbing concessions

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All of these stop during the National Anthem at an Astros game.